This paper provides an informal survey of the various mathematical structures that appear in the most basic models of fluid motion.

The minerals and energy industries worldwide are very upbeat about sustainable development. Many companies have sustainability managers. Unfortunately most of their effort in sustainable practice is directed towards the social and stakeholder interaction in the community. Very little effort is being made to apply sustainable practices to management of liquid waste tailings. Even though technolo...

In this study, the steady incompressible flow of a non-Newtonian sodium alginate (SA) fluid conveying copper nanoparticles (Cu) which flow within two vertical parallel plates is investigated by using the homotopy perturbation analytical scheme to solve the coupled nonlinear ordinary equations arising from the mechanics of the fluid. The developed analytical solutions are used to investigate the...

mechan ics (ICFM) to a s t a t e o f p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n for aerospace p r o p u l s i o n systems. The s t r a t e g i e s used to a c h i e v e t h i s g o a l a r e t o (1) pu rsue an u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f f low p h y s i c s , s u r f a c e h e a t t r a n s f e r , and combus t ion v i a a n a l y s i s and fundamental exper imen ts , ( 2 ) i n c o r p o r a t e...

Polymer solutions and melts are viscoelastic; they exhibit fluidlike behavior in steady shear, but the initial response to an imposed deformation involves a material-dependent transient that may be many orders of magnitude longer than time scales associated with instrument inertia. Intrinsic material time scales can be identified with the dynamics of the macro­ molecular chains. Shaping process...

The pleural space separating the lung and chest wall of mammals contains a small amount of liquid that lubricates the pleural surfaces during breathing. Recent studies have pointed to a conceptual understanding of the pleural space that is different from the one advocated some 30 years ago in this journal. The fundamental concept is that pleural surface pressure, the result of the opposing reco...

The diversity of the morphologies, propulsion mechanisms, flow environments, and behaviors of planktonic microorganisms has long provided inspiration for fluid physicists, with further intrigue provided by the counterintuitive hydrodynamics of their viscous world. Motivation for studying the fluid dynamics of microplankton abounds, as microorganisms support the food web and control the biogeoch...

As the ASME Division of Fluids Engineering celebrates its 90th Anniversary, I make a broad-brush sweep of progress in the field of fluid mechanics during this period. Selected theoretical, numerical, and experimental advances are described. The inventions of laser and computer have profound effects on humanity, but their influence on fluid mechanics is particularly elucidated in this review. [D...

Traditional fluid mechanics textbooks are generally written with problem sets comprised of closed, analytical solutions. However, it is recognized that complex flow fields are not easily represented in terms of a closed solution. A tool that allows the student to visualize complex flow phenomena in a virtual environment can significantly enhance the learning experience. Such a visualization too...